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Breaking the Silence: Internet Centers Provide Opportunities for Women in Azerbaijan
March 12, 2011
by Abulfat Zeynalli
Aida Gasimova, third from left, speaks to young women at the f.y.i. center

Women who use IREX's Internet access, or f.y.i. centers in Azerbaijan, find resources and empowerment.
Azerbaijani Women Land Jobs After Gaining New Media Skills
February 9, 2011
by Oksana Zarukayeva and Shahin Abbasov
IREX f.y.i. center training

Sheki, a city of 63,000 two hundred miles north of Baku in the Caucasus mountains, hosts one of IREX’s f.y.i. Community Information Centers that provides provides local residents with IT skills, citizen journalism training, and access to the Internet. Seven young women who took advantage of the center’s trainings this past autumn used the skills they developed to land jobs.
IREX Launches New Media Project in Azerbaijan
January 28, 2011
by Shahin Abbasov
Training for Citizen Journalism

IREX recently launched the Azerbaijan New Media Project, supporting professional and citizen journalists and promoting access to and the use of the internet for news, information, and education.